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Common name

English: Creeping Savory

German: Kriechendes Bohnenkraut

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        Family: Lamiaceae (97)(family description)

          Genus: Satureja (2)

            Epithet: spicigera Boiss. (1)

Synonyms: Clinopodium alternipilosum (K.Koch) Kuntze, Clinopodium spicigerum (K.Koch) Kuntze, Hyssopus majae A.P.Khokhr., Micromeria alternipilosa K.Koch, Micromeria spicigera K.Koch, Satureja alternipilosa (K.Koch) K.Koch, Satureja diffusa Benth. ex Boiss.

diffusa => spread about, wildly or loosely spreading

spicigera => bearing spikes

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Satureja spicigera at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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